I was reading Dr. Eades' excellent blog entry today on Taubes' new
book
(http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/low-carb-library/why-we-get-fat/)
and even he claims that the body is a closed system with respect to
calories. Two reasons why this may not be so:
1) Calories are measured with a bomb calorimeter. The body may not
"burn" food the same way this instrument does.
2) The calories in, calories out formula never takes into
consideration calories *excreted."
Thoughts?
Jim Swayze
www.fireholecanyon.com